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Professional Quilt Appraiser
Professional Quilt Judge
Quilt Historian
Quilt Designer
Speaker -- see my other pages for detailed program and workshop descriptions
"Potatoes to Patchwork" history, appraisals and trunk show
"Quilting in Russia" judging and living with Russian quilters
"Quilting and Cruising -- What a Concept!" cruise ship travel
"History of Hawaiian Quilting" and workshop
Judging and Appraising -- how-to and hands-on experience
I'm available for individual appraisals in my home or yours, as well as multiple appraisals at quilt shows or special
meetings/groups/ and/or locations. Call me to ask about pricing and scheduling.
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Quilting is my passion.
Checotah, Oklahoma is my new home.
Eugene is my new husband (well, six years new)
Finally I am able to get back to my roots, back to the simple life, in a small town with fascinating and friendly
people.
There is time now -- time for quilting, for gardening, for animals, for travel, for
new friends and new adventures.
Come along and enjoy them with me!
| Appraising in Roseburg, Oregon |
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| Marilyn appraising a Yellow Pinwheel Quilt |
On a personal note, I have three sons, two daughters-in-law, three grandsons and one granddaughter.
My new hubby has two sons, one daughter, one daughter-in-law, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (He's
older !) When we get together, we sure fill up a dining room! After all, isn't that what life is really all
about?
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Just the two of us.
Marilyn and Eugene in a Lake Tahoe cabin during an annual family birthday
celebration.
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| Three generations |
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| Marilyn, her Mother Winnie, and son Scott (taken in 2005 in Oregon) |
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Some of my favorite sites:
Professional Memberships:
American Quilt Study Guild
American Quilter's Society
California Heritage Quilt Project (former Board member)
Museum of the American Quilter's Society
Muskogee Area Quilters Guild
National Quilting Association -- (former Publications Chair for the Quilting Quarterly, the Journal
of the NQA)
Quilter's Hall of Fame, Marion, Indiana
I also hold memberships in various museums which focus on quilting and quilt history.
In addition to an interest in quilting, I've been involved in community theater and music most of
my life. For three years I was a member of the Board of Directors of SARTA (Sacramento Area Regional Theater Alliance)
and judged musical theater productions. I've directed the musical play "Quilters," twice -- in 1988 and 1999.
My Russian program was highlighted on HGTV's "Simply Quilts" show #713, and I was co-hostess of KIXE-TV's
PBS show in Redding, CA, "North State Quilts," for two years.
Gene and I love to travel, and have been halfway around the world since our marriage in 2004 in
Hawaii -- to South Africa, Brazil, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, St. Helena, Barbados, etc. Our newest
adventure? Moving to a ten-acre farm in the country one mile outside the little town of Checotah, Oklahoma. Finally
we can have our horses (well, Eugene has his; I'm still looking for mine) -- new quilter friends to meet, new quilts
to appraise, new and beautiful shows to judge, new country to explore, new places to fish, paint and garden -- what a
wonderful life!
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